Do Go On23 Apr 2025

496 - Abraham Lincoln

You know his hat, you know his beard, but what about the man himself? Well it turns out he lived quite an incredible life!

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bp/abraham-lincoln-surprising-strength-220542759.html/1000

https://www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/the-boys/index.html

https://www.biography.com/political-figures/abraham-lincoln

https://archive.org/details/abrahamlincoln1939linc/page/n63/mode/2up

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Whig-Party

https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/teaching_packages/abraham_lincoln/doc1.html

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Todd-Lincoln

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abraham-lincolns-top-hat-the-inside-story-3764960/

https://www.indianamuseum.org/blog-post/whiskers-for-votes-or-why-abraham-lincoln-grew-a-beard/

https://www.si.edu/object/abraham-lincolns-top-hat%3Anmah_1199660

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